"The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it" ~ Matthew 16:18 Jesus told St. Peter when He handed over the keys to the kingdom that Hell wouldn't prevail, not that it wouldn't try. Nor strike hard when it would. This is where we stand today. The Church is reeling from the arising of terrible scandal. The revelation isn't just here in Buffalo and Pennsylvania, but it seems to have global implications as previously hidden abuse comes to light. If the abuse isn't bad enough,

I received a message from one of our teenage parishioners, John, about helping out in someway around the parish. In most cases, I could easi